Oceans in the Desert

By Kathi Pelton The longer you live the more you face those hard moments where you know that your “why” will not be answered. Yesterday was one of those days for me. My husband and I just talked about this subject in our latest podcast episode of “Finding Home Podcast” and although we only meant…

He Gives and Takes AwayKathi Pelton As most of my followers know— my husband and I recently relocated to California after spending twelve years in Oregon. California was home for decades but the past decade— Oregon had become home. It was there that we gained a daughter-in-law, a granddaughter and a whole lot of precious…

By Kathi Pelton Sometimes your “Yes” to Jesus comes with great excitement and joy but other times your “Yes” comes with the sober awareness of sacrifice and cost. But it is then that it is accompanied by the awareness and posture that cries out, “Jesus, you are worthy of it all!” These beautiful and sobering…

By Kathi Pelton James 1:27 speaks of a pure and undefiled religion as one that “looks after the orphans and widows in their distress and keeps oneself unstained by the world.” How do we pray that our children can be kept unstained by the world? Often people become so familiar with the current narrative of…

By Kathi Pelton I want to encourage anyone that is stepping out in faith through our latest testimony. Last May the Lord spoke and confirmed to my husband and I that after twelve years away from our extended family and our hometown that he was calling us to return. To give some context to the…

By Kathi Pelton Yesterday as I was driving through the vineyards of Sonoma County, California I was admiring the beauty of the rows of green vines when suddenly I noticed that one field was no longer green but had already begun turning the magnificent colors of Fall. It stood out among all of the green…

“The God Who Sees You”Kathi Pelton Hagar gave God the name El Roi, which means “the God who sees me,” in Genesis 16:13 You are seen! You may feel alone in your circumstances. You may wonder if anyone sees what you are going through. You may even feel deserted and forgotten. But know this… The…

Lean BackKathi Pelton Last night was our final night at our church here in Portland, Oregon. It was what we call our “Dwell” night. Dwell is a night of corporate and intimate worship in our prayer room. As we spent the evening dwelling together in his presence— it was so comforting and beautiful as I…

No Place To SitKathi Pelton Our family is in the long process of moving to another state. A part of our process is to once again sell most of our furniture (this is not the first time we’ve done this!). On Sunday evening we sold our living room sectional sofa— the kind with recliners, adjustable…

Kathi Pelton As I woke up this morning I heard the words, “Tell them that THEY ARE MINE!” I don’t know who needs to hear this but the Lord knows…you belong to him. And then a flood of words filled my spirit as the Lord continued to unfold what “mine” looks like, “I care for…